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This case describes the dilemma faced by Diogo Salvi, founder and CEO of Portugal-based TIMWE, on the day before his company’s second IPO attempt, in May 2012. The Greek sovereign debt crisis deepened and fuelled a sudden fall in the stock price of the only relevant comparable firm, which affected investors’ valuations of the offered shares while raising doubts about the success of TIME’s own IPO. The founder is confronted with choosing between the costs of a cancelled IPO (the second in a short period of time) and the costs of going ahead in the context of a market that suddenly has turned against him...